orking of every ship | placed at a great disadvantage in obtaining chains of| barrel rotates freely. If the barrel is revolving with that goes upon the “ mighty waters.’’ This gearing | the requisite size in foreign ports. The barrels, G G, | too great speed its progress is arrested by a friction… … rotated by the hand- stead of being operated spikes it will be ob- by the continuous mo- served that the stud tion of the capstan it is chain will also rotate worked by the two recip- the windlass. This is rocating levers which the mode by which the operate clutches and give latter is operated. The…
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